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By Krystal Ball and Ryan Grim / Breaking Points
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Krystal Ball
Krystal Marie Ball (born November 24, 1981) is an American political commentator and media host. She was previously a political candidate, as well as a television host at MSNBC, a regular contributor to The Huffington Post, and a co-host of The Hill‘s Rising along with Saagar Enjeti.[2][3][4] In May 2021, Ball and Enjeti announced that they were leaving the show in order to launch their own independent project titled Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar.[3][2][5] Ball is a co-host with her husband Kyle Kulinski on the podcast Krystal Kyle & Friends.
Ryan Grim
Ryan W. Grim (born March 23, 1978)[1] is an American author and journalist. Grim was Washington, D.C., bureau chief for HuffPost and formerly the Washington, D.C., bureau chief for The Intercept.[2][3] In July 2024, Grim and The Intercept‘s co-founder Jeremy Scahill left The Intercept to co-found Drop Site News.[4] He is an author and has published some of his books through Strong Arm Press, an independent progressive publishing house he cofounded.[5][6] Grim and conservative journalist Emily Jashinsky were the regular Friday hosts of Rising before they resigned in September 2022 and joined Breaking Points, where they host the show Counterpoints.[7]